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Wed, May 22 2013

IRS official refuses to answer questions at scandal hearing

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WASHINGTON - The Internal Revenue Service official at the center of a scandal about extra tax scrutiny of conservative groups told Congress on Wednesday she had done nothing wrong but invoked her constitutional right not to answer questions. | Video

22 May 2013

West may boost Syria rebels if Assad won't talk peace

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AMMAN - Washington threatened on Wednesday to increase support for Syria's rebels if President Bashar al-Assad refuses to discuss a political end to a civil war that is spreading across borders.

World, Syria 22 May 2013

M23 rebels announce ceasefire for UN chief's Congo visit

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GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo - Rebels in eastern Congo announced a ceasefire on Thursday in fighting with government troops hours before a visit to the conflict-plagued zone by U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and World Bank President Jim Yong Kim.

World, Africa 3:41am EDT

Bernanke says more progress needed before stimulus pullback

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WASHINGTON - The Federal Reserve's monetary stimulus is helping the economy recover but the central bank needs to see further signs of traction before taking its foot off the gas pedal, Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke said on Wednesday. | Video

22 May 2013

Barred from election, Rafsanjani lambasts Iranian authorities - report

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DUBAI - Former Iranian president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani sharply criticized the country's leadership, opposition website Kaleme said on Thursday, two days after he was disqualified from running in next month's presidential election.

3:35am EDT

Analysis: Crackdown on radical Islamists tests Tunisia's stability

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TUNIS - For the first time since the Arab Spring uprisings of 2011, relations between mainstream Islamists in government and radical Salafist Muslim activists have reached breaking point, sparking deadly clashes in two Tunisian cities.

World, Tunisia, Mali 1:15am EDT

British soldier hacked to death in suspected Islamist attack

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LONDON - A British soldier was hacked to death by two men shouting Islamic slogans in a south London street, in what Prime Minister David Cameron said appeared to be a terrorist attack. | Video

World, Africa 3:10am EDT

Five killed, 50 wounded in Lebanon's Tripoli

TRIPOLI, Lebanon - Five people were killed and more than 50 wounded in overnight clashes in Tripoli between Lebanese gunmen loyal to rival factions in Syria's civil war, doctors and security sources said on Thursday.

World, Libya 3:30am EDT

Miners Vale, Rio Tinto accused of neglecting displaced Mozambicans

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MAPUTO - Human Rights Watch accused Mozambique's government and foreign mining companies on Thursday of "serious shortcomings" in resettling communities to make way for coal mines, leaving thousands without proper homes, food or sources of income.

3:23am EDT

Roadside bomb kills 13 in southwest Pakistan

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ISLAMABAD - A roadside bomb killed 11 security personnel and two civilians on Thursday in southwestern Pakistan where separatist rebels have for decades been battling to control the region's natural gas and other resources.

3:21am EDT
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McCain, Biden coming together for Sedona, Arizona forum

These days Washington is not known for bipartisanship, but every now and then a breakthrough is made. It is noteworthy that Vice President Joe Biden, a Democrat, and Senator John McCain, a Republican, are appearing together at a forum in Sedona, Arizona on Friday.